CLIMATE BILL GRANTS EPA BROAD NEW ROLE IN ENERGY EFFICIENCY EFFORTS

摘要

The climate cap-and-trade bill recently approved by the House energy panel would grant EPA broad new authority on energy efficiency issues and increase the scope of the Energy Star program, a flagship efficient product labeling program jointly administered by EPA and the Department of Energy (DOE).rnFor example, the climate legislation, H.R 2454, would require EPA to design energy efficiency programs for building retrofits and for building efficiency labeling.